George Gervin vs. Bob Hansen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Hansen and George Gervin, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

George Gervin played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bob Hansen, who played 9. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Bob Hansen had his rookie season in 1983-84. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1976-77	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Bob Hansen	55	7.6	2.7	0.2	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.2	2.6	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.5	.643
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800
Bob Hansen	4	4.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.8	.286	0.5	0.8	.667	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 2
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1977-78	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Bob Hansen	54	12.0	4.8	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.6	2.0	4.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.143	0.7	1.3	.556
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768
Bob Hansen	8	4.3	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625

Season 3
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Bob Hansen	82	24.8	8.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.5	3.6	7.7	.476	0.2	0.6	.340	1.2	1.6	.720
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
Bob Hansen	4	35.0	16.0	2.5	2.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.8	4.0	6.8	9.3	.730	0.5	0.8	.667	2.0	2.3	.889

Season 4
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1979-80	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Bob Hansen	72	20.2	9.7	1.2	1.7	2.8	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.0	3.8	8.3	.453	0.2	0.6	.356	1.9	2.5	.760
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867
Bob Hansen	5	28.4	12.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.2	0.2	1.4	2.8	4.2	9.8	.429	0.4	1.0	.400	3.4	4.0	.850

Season 5
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1980-81	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Bob Hansen	81	22.2	9.6	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.2	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.4	3.9	7.5	.517	0.4	1.2	.330	1.4	1.9	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800
Bob Hansen	11	37.1	15.4	0.7	2.8	3.5	2.9	0.6	0.0	2.5	3.8	6.1	12.3	.496	1.7	3.3	.528	1.5	2.0	.727

Season 6
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1981-82	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Bob Hansen	46	21.0	7.4	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.3	3.0	6.5	.467	0.4	1.2	.352	0.9	1.6	.560
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831
Bob Hansen	3	41.0	11.0	1.7	4.0	5.7	1.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	5.0	3.7	11.7	.314	1.0	3.0	.333	2.7	3.3	.800

Season 7
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1982-83	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Bob Hansen	81	26.8	7.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.8	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.4	3.3	7.0	.467	0.7	1.9	.351	0.4	0.8	.516
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884
Bob Hansen	5	29.0	10.0	1.4	1.4	2.8	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.8	4.2	8.6	.488	1.4	2.8	.500	0.2	0.8	.250

Season 8
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Bob Hansen	36	22.5	6.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.0	2.7	7.1	.375	0.5	1.9	.275	0.5	1.0	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Hansen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	George Gervin	Bob Hansen
Season	1984-85	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Bob Hansen	68	11.9	2.5	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	2.0	1.2	2.6	.444	0.1	0.4	.259	0.1	0.3	.364
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794
Bob Hansen	9	7.7	2.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	1.1	1.0	2.4	.409	0.3	0.7	.500	0.1	0.3	.333